The Boy in the Mirror - Softcover

Preston, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908853530 ISBN 13: 9781908853530

Verlag: Valley Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

"When you turn on the bathroom light your reflection stares numbly back at you, gormless and vacant. You blink. Your eyes are yellow, as is your skin. You've lost weight: your pyjamas hang off your arms like the wilting leaves of a dying plant. You stare at yourself in the mirror for several surreal minutes. The thing before you is not you. But it is." In January 2011, aged 21, Tom Preston was diagnosed with stage 4 advanced aggressive lymphoma. His chances of survival were optimistically placed at around 40%. This short, autobiographical work tells the story of the fight in the months that followed - but this is no ordinary cancer memoir. The Boy in the Mirror is written in the second person - so the events in this book are happening to you, the reader, living through the hope, love, suffering, death and black comedy encountered by Tom during the battle to save himself. "A raw account of his months of excrutiating pioneering treatment." - The Sunday Times "This is ultimately a book about love, trust, and overcoming death-defying odds." - The Sun

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tom Preston was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire in 1989. He studied philosophy and politics at Oxford, and taught English in state secondary schools in the UK, before completing a Masters in education at Harvard in 2014. He currently works for Teach First as a Leadership Development Officer.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Valley Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1908853530
• ISBN 13: 9781908853530
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 88
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland